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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:51:26 EST
Subject: Thanks for posting link to news show, Mark Plus

In a message dated 2/23/2007 5:01:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
 writes:

Message  #29176
From: "Mark Plus" <>
Subject: Part 2 of  Channel 12's report
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:46:08  -0800

http://www.azcentral.com/phpAPP/multimedia/flash.php?path=rtmp://azcentral.com
/news/0222alcor10pm&HTTP_REFERER=http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles
/insidealcor02212007-CR.html

or,

http://tinyurl.com/2wrwqh

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Hello, Fellow Cryoneters...
 
This is Rudi Hoffman from Florida.  Cryonet has had some great threads  
lately.
 
I thought the posting re: marketing cryonics, with the rather well written  

concise discussion of mental linkages, was solid and on point.  (Was this  Fred
Moulton?)
 
Related to cryonics marketing, the link above is, I think, a positive take  
on cryonics.  

Dave Pizer, Tanya Jones, and (if I may say so modestly) myself come  across 
reasonably credibly.  

The questions and the editing are well done, IMO.  (We all know  that editing 
can make us look like geniuses or buffoons with the same raw  footage.  I am 
a fan of the Daily Show, where there is some really  hilarious editing.)
 
Since I probably would not have a chance to see the final edited news show  
without the link, I appreciate Mark Plus providing it.  
 
Please, folks, may I ask again, if you get your "15 minutes of fame" and a  
chance to talk about cryonics publicly, would you do the following?  

When the cost issue comes up, emphasize that the vast majority (The  stats 

are better than 94%) of the people who fund cryonics do this through the  simple
effective leverage of life insurance.  

This bit of memetic  engineering is truly vital to greater mainstream 
acceptance of cryonics.
 
There is enough resistance to this idea without adding the false and  

pernicious myth that "cryonics is only for the mega-rich," which is a  
widespread 
misperception among the masses.  

We should not  underestimate the power of envy that lurks as a core 

motivating factor in the  world.  With a basic foundational philosophy of free 
market 
capitalism, and  being a reasonably well adjusted and successful person, I am 
amazed (and  embarrassed) at how I personally am occasionally plagued with 
envy.  I  recognize this in myself as hypocritical, counterproductive, and 
downright  silly.
 
But it is there...so I think it helps to be aware of this in ourselves and  
others.
 
Here endeth this particular rant...one that is close to my heart.  
 
Don't forget to attend, if you can, the May Suspended Animation conference  
and the October Alcor conference.  Even if you can't go to one or another,  

helping promote these promising conferences  is another thing we can do for  the
good of cryonics.
 
Kind Regards, For Centuries,
 
Rudi  Hoffman 
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